Stuffing

In cooking, stuffing, also known as dressing, is usually a mixture of various ingredients used to fill a cavity in another food item. The term stuffing also refers to the process of filling this cavity with said mixture.

Animals stuffed with other animals

It is occasionally claimed that the ancient Roman, as well as medieval cooks stuffed animals with other animals. An anonymous Andalusian cookbook from the 13th century includes a recipe for a ram stuffed with small birds (recipe). A similar recipe for a camel stuffed with sheep stuffed with bustards stuffed with carp stuffed with eggs is mentioned in T.C. Boyle's book Water Music. The turducken, a turkey stuffed with a duck stuffed with a chicken is a more recent creation.

Related Topics:
Roman - Medieval - Andalusian - 13th century - Ram - Bird - Camel - Sheep - Bustard - Carp - T.C. Boyle - Turducken - Turkey - Duck - Chicken

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